--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Just a couple of points: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], defenders_of_bhakti > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I agree. Actually, I was just trying to poke some fun on > > > > the 'walking meditation' supposedly more effortless than > > > > TM according to some here. > > > > > > The meditation *component* of it is, IMO, more > > > effortless than TM, in that there is no specific > > > intent -- no mantra, no instruction to focus on > > > anything in particular, nada. > > > > There is no specific intent during TM, either (much > > less instruction to focus on anything in particular). > > Well, there's almost a specific intent inherent in the instructions > (else, why call them "instructions?")
There's a case to be made that they *aren't* instructions, actually... In any case, I would contend that after a certain amount of practice, you aren't doing anything that could be called "following instructions." Vaj calls it "conditioning," and that may be an appropriate term. In which case, there's intent only to the point where you sit down and close the eyes, then the conditioning takes over. , but its not something you can > pin down with strict accuracy. Its a hiesenberg uncertainty principle > thang: the more you try to pin it down, the less accurately you > capture the "intent." > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
